Maria studied at Wimbledon College of Art for an Art Foundation diploma and Leeds University, graduating in 2008 with a BA in Contemporary Art Practice. She also lived in Brno, Czech Republic for a year with the Erasmus programme, studying […]
A few notes on language: It’s impressive to watch people switch from one language to another in conversation. Pretty much everyone on this project speaks from native or fluent to at least functional English – which is a relief for […]
My current place of residence is on Toronto Island at an artist retreat space called Gibraltar Point run by an organization called Artscape. (http://www.torontoartscape.on.ca/places-spaces/art)I have been here for a week and feel very settled in my surroundings. It reminds me […]
Finished the fecker finished finished finished finished finished finished finished 6 weeks or so before the rescheduled installation date. So would have just made the original schedule. Got to cut it up for storage and transportation though. Glad I was […]
23 July Boulogne – my second trip to France for research and project development. This time I am staying in B & B run by an English couple. Great room with fabulous view of the cathedral and an altogether different […]
Response to Sarah Rowles debate about the artists insecurity and the lack of time to ‘find oneself’ as an artist because of the constant pressure to define ones practice in order to gain grants, exhibitions, funding…” At this stage in […]
I remember, as a kid, cycling with a friend to one of the Palmerston forts overlooking Portsmouth. As a skinny 12-year old, squeezing under the enormous gate was no problem. There was a rumour (which persists to this day) of […]
Back from holiday. It was excellent. A secluded log cabin on a loch in Wester Ross, West Scotland. It was beautiful and peaceful. No one around for miles ( well apart from the family). But it was the sheer cut-off-ness […]
I share Rachel Howfields reticence to label my work, most especially to label it ‘feminist’. I have visions in my head if I do so, of all the people who will instantly shut off. About a month ago, while on […]
I keep meaning to write something!! But I never seem to have the time, working toward our interim show at the moment, and its taking over my life! I love it. But just wish I’d have got my ideas more […]
From Sandon to Norwich, from Telephone boxes and chippies to all female performance with the titles ‘women, what are they all about/ or ladies, ladies, ladies and their ways…’ Yes, A true reflection of my practice and my collaborations I […]
I worked out the other morning, that if I just paint the lining paper back to the art-school-come-gallery brilliant white it’s not going to be enough of a shift. So, I’m going with shades of white, taken from some of […]
have you ‘found your practice’? What factors make this problematic? Are they external or internal? What is a ‘true practice’ any way…? hmm i think i discovered it at uni, one of those elusive things you accidently come across when […]
Artist talk, Lighthouse, 3pm Saturday, 1st of August. The Lighthouse residency for prototype 08 is about to begin. The Chameleon project is built over ten prototypes (2008-2010) with a cross disciplinary group of myself, social neuroscientist Chris Frith, emotion neuroscientist […]
We have a talk scheduled today at 3 pm. Natacha Roussel should have arrived from France, Nadia Berthouze is meeting me at 2pm, so is Hugo Critchley. Gordon Brand just cancelled – he is sick. We are talking for an […]
If you start a conversation about housework with your life-partner with the words ‘This is a non-confrontational question…’ does that immediately establish a confrontational standpoint. Advice please.
I have started a Facebook group for Colin of Alaska. I sent out invitations to my FB friends to join the group (as a newcomer to the site I am still a bit of a billy-no-mates, so there aren’t many). […]
Linzblog: I’ve seen two amazing things this weekend and feel very lucky to be here.. Soap & Skin at the Cathedral on Sat night; a 19 year old Austrian girl who was just incredible and who I now have a […]
Some things I’ve made which are very small nothingy beginnings.
The Chameleon project is built over ten prototypes (2008-2010) with a cross disciplinary group of an artist, social neuroscientist, emotion neuroscientist, affective computer scientists, technologists, human computer interaction scientists and a curator. The project investigates the scientific foundations of emotional […]
